An original will of Patsey Abernathy, dated April 16, 1892. Illustrates the first page of the document. Abernathy’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on October 29th, 1903. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...

A typescript copy of the will of Eli Akins, of Chicago, Illinois, dated December 26th, 1902. Illustrates the first page of the document, referring to a realty lot in “G. W. Harding’s plan of lots as registered in the registers office of Davidson...

An original will of John H. Anderson, of Manchester, Tennessee, dated August 6th, 1902. Illustrates the first page of the document. Anderson’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on September 18, 1903 as noted on the verso...

Based on a 1903 gospel version by Reverend Charles Tindley of Philadelphia, and in 1946, the song for striking employees of the American Tobacco Company, "We Shall Overcome" spread through the country as an anthem for southern African American...

An original will of H. E. Andrews, dated December 13th, 1901. Illustrates the first page of the document. Andrew’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on September 11th, 1903. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original Wills,...

A photograph of the circulation desk, circa the late 1940's, of the Nashville Public Library. Doric columns are a significant feature of the interior architectural design. The main public library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from...

A photograph of Gordon Memorial United Methodist Church, historically located at 2336 Herman Street in Nashville, Tennessee. The current city directory lists the address as 2334 Herman Street. With the congregation originally founded in 1903,...

A photograph of a church referred to as the House of God, an African American Pentecostal denomination also known as the Church of the Living God. The full name used on the front entrance signage reads: The House of God Which is the Church of the...

A photograph of the groundbreaking ceremonies for the main library in Nashville, Tennessee, located at 8th Avenue North and Union Street, circa December 1963. Pictured are, from left to right, Chairman of the Nashville Public Library Board Charles...

A postcard of the Post Office and Custom House located on Broadway, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues. The original building, which can be identified by its tower, was started in 1875 and completed in 1882. An addition which doubled the amount of...

A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened to the public on September 19,...

Pictured: Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley viewing the downtown area from atop the observation deck of the Life and Casualty Insurance Company, circa the 1960s. This life insurance company, based in Nashville, was founded in 1903 by A. M. Burton,...

A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened to the public on September 19,...

Country music singer Roy Acuff, pictured with Mayor Beverly Briley. Roy Claxton Acuff was born in Maynardville, Tennessee in 1903. He was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. He joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1938 and was a...

Pictured: Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley viewing the downtown area from atop the observation deck of the Life and Casualty Insurance Company, circa the 1960s. This life insurance company, based in Nashville, was founded in 1903 by A. M. Burton,...

A postcard of the Carnegie Library of Nashville. The pubic library building was constructed with a $100,000 grant from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, and the cornerstone was laid on April 27, 1903. Officially opened to the public on September 19,...

This beautiful covered shopping arcade, located between Fourth and Fifth Avenues N, in downtown Nashville, was built in 1903 and was modeled after the Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II arcade in Milan, Italy. The City Beautiful Award ribbon was...

Pictured: Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley viewing the downtown area from atop the observation deck of the Life and Casualty Insurance Company, circa the 1960s. This life insurance company, based in Nashville, was founded in 1903 by A. M. Burton,...